myEarthLink Mail vs MiChildSupport
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myEarthLink Mail
Access your EarthLink email, manage contacts, and chat with support conveniently. This app allows you to read, send, and organize emails from anywhere, and easily connect with your EarthLink contacts and groups.
- Email access
- Contact management
- Send and receive emails
- Manage EarthLink groups
- Chat with support
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Your link to what’s important With the new myEarthLink® app you can conveniently access email, manage your contacts, and get support - just tap on the feature and go! Email - Check your EarthLink email at any time, from anywhere. - Read, send, and manage email from your inbox with access to all of your EarthLink contacts. Contacts - View and send email to your local and/or EarthLink contacts. - View and send email to your EarthLink groups. Chat - Chat with support. Getting started -Below are a few tips for navigating the myEarthLink® app. -You will need to provide your EarthLink email address and password to check your EarthLink email. You will be asked to enter this information when necessary. -If you want to check another EarthLink email account, you will need to log out first. Click the Gear button and select the Logout button. -When you first open the myEarthLink® app you will receive several prompts asking for permissions. Select “Allow” to take advantage of the full functionality of the app. Questions or need additional support? Go to https://www.earthlink.net/mobile-email/
MiChildSupport
Access and manage your child support case with ease. Apply for services, complete forms, view case status, track payments, and update your information. Receive important notifications directly to your device.
- Apply for child support services
- Complete online forms
- Download case documents
- Update personal information
- Track case status
- View payment history
- Make payments
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MiChildSupport is your connection to your child support case. Both child support payers and recipients can have easy access to their child support case. Users can: • Apply for child support services. • Complete the Online Child Support Response Form. • Download documents associated to your case. • Update your personal information. • Trace your case status. • View your existing cases. • See your payment history and income withholding details. • Set up notifications about payments and more. • Make a payment through the Michigan State Disbursement Unit. • Find answers to frequently asked questions. Enable push notifications to stay informed about case payments and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MiChildSupport at 4.4 against myEarthLink Mail's 1.8. MiChildSupport also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 10%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16). myEarthLink Mail's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (688 vs 103). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MiChildSupport holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myEarthLink Mail has 688 ratings behind it against 103, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of myEarthLink Mail's written reviews are positive against 50% of MiChildSupport's.
myEarthLink Mail ships an update every 3 weeks, MiChildSupport every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myEarthLink Mail | MiChildSupport |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (688 ratings) | 4.4 (103 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 688 — better | 103 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EarthLink LLC | State of Michigan - Department of Technology, Management and Budget |
Customer experience
myEarthLink Mail
MiChildSupport
Bugs and requests
myEarthLink Mail
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login screen issues
- Inability to scroll through emails
- Inconsistent behavior when deleting emails
- Sync issues between app and webmail
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to delete emails in bulk
- Option to customize home screen
- Access and manage spam from within the app
- Improved search and sorting functionality
MiChildSupport
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
myEarthLink Mail
No in-app purchases
MiChildSupport
No in-app purchases
Questions
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